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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.
Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
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By BWilliams / 10:10, 16 March 2004 / Reviews - Books
Synopsis: The year is 2360. Abandoned as a child, without home or family, past or future, the Romulan agent known only as Zetha survived solely by her own cunning in the back alleys of Romulus before being taken by the Tal Shiar and remade into one of its deadliest weapons. But Zetha is about to undertake a mission unlike any in her experience.
Review: Over the past six months we have looked at some of the lost chapters and events in the STAR TREK saga spanning the time between the GENERATIONS prologue and the beginning of THE NEXT GENERATION. We've seen events take shape and form the many delicate threads and even the fragile state of the galaxy by the mid-24th century. Now we come to CATALYST OF SORROWS, the final chapter in the LOST ERA series that marks the return of writer Margaret Wander Bonanno to the STAR TREK universe.
One of the more interesting aspects of the novel comes at the beginning with the return of Commander Uhura. Ever since the lovely and talented Nichelle Nichols last appeared in the role in THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, fans have wondered as to Uhura's future by the time of THE NEXT GENERATION and the GENERATIONS feature film. With CATALYST OF SORROWS, Bonanno reveals what happened with Uhura by this time.
Now a Starfleet admiral, Uhura receives some extremely distressing news: a new outbreak of a Romulan plague fever called "the Gnawing," thought to be long extinct, has suddenly resurfaced and killed over 200 Romulans across the Neutral Zone -- and the virus appears to be heading toward Federation space. Thus it is up to Uhura and a crack team of medical specialists and handpicked agents – among them Beverly Crusher, Dr. Selar, a young Benjamin Sisko, Lt. Tuvok, and Uhura's long-time friend and Enterprise comrade Leonard McCoy -- to determine its cause and neutralize it before more lives are lost.
Bonanno has always had a strong balance between characterization and action, as in her previous novels DWELLERS IN THE CRUCIBLE and STRANGERS FROM THE SKY. With CATALYST, Bonanno returns to what brought her to the dance in the 1980's. Her portrayal of Zetha, a young Romulan who comes into Uhura's confidence, is painted in mysterious shadows: either she is who she says she is, a complete innocent in the ways of humanity, or she is a brilliant liar. CATALYST also brings to light elements of Uhura's life after THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY. With temptations of a Section 31 affiliation with Starfleet Intelligence tugging at her coattails, Uhura covertly keeps an open tab with the Romulan Empire, despite growing political tensions between the two superpowers, through her contacts with the promising Romulan senator Cretak. It is this secret growth that Bonanno allows Uhura to freely experience in her career. And just when you think Admiral Uhura has grown content and ready to retire, Bonanno throws in the twists to keep Uhura's character growing and changing.
Bonanno seamlessly balances between past and present events, giving readers further glimpses into the development of the Romulan culture and its evolution over the years in the STAR TREK expanded universe. Through this cultural development she introduces a key plot point in "the Gnawing," a side effect of the Romulans' tenuous adaptation from Vulcan to their new life, costing many lives in the process much like the Great Plague of the Middle Ages or the AIDS epidemic of the last 25 years. And through CATALYST OF SORROWS one question permeates the entire story: how could a long-dormant virus spread across several worlds and kill many innocents in the process?
None of the main characters dominate the spotlight at the expense of the others; all share an equal part in this riveting tale. But at the heart of the novel is Zetha. The mystery of her character keeps the readers -- and the other characters -- off-balance as to her role in the story. The final denouements are enough to surprise readers until the very end.
Margaret Wander Bonanno has crafted a strong novel that is rich with detail, background, characterization, humor, and action, all of the elements needed to make an excellent tale from start to finish. If a series of novels has to go out on a high note, CATALYST OF SORROWS is it. This is the first great STAR TREK epic of 2004! I hope that Bonanno gets to play in this universe again soon.
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